New Delhi: A Delhi court has taken cognizance of the charge sheet filed by NIA against banned terror outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) chief Syed Salahuddin and others for allegedly receiving funds of about Rs.80 crore from Pakistan for carrying out terror activities across India.

District Judge IS Mehta has taken cognizance of the charge sheet filed against 10 accused. Of them, eight are based in Pakistan and have been declared proclaimed offenders by the court.

They have been chargesheeted for the offences punishable under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 121-A (conspiring to commit certain offences against the state) of the IPC and under various provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The court has now fixed the matter for December 7 for further proceedings.

The NIA, in its 62-page charge sheet, alleged that HM was "regularly receiving funds from neighbouring country" and the funds were given to "active terrorists, families of killed terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir."

It said about Rs 80 crore was received for terror activities in India in the past eight years and the funds continued to come from Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

The NIA also said that "in the garb of one Jammu Kashmir Affectees Relief Trust (JKART), the terror outfit is actively involved in furthering the terrorist activities in India."